Comment 5 for bug 966146

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Jelmer Vernooij (jelmer) wrote : Re: [Bug 966146] Re: Please change the dependency to support Heimdal GSSAPI module

On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 12:57:38PM -0000, Stephen Gallagher wrote:
> Note from upstream: Heimdal support is spotty at best. We have some
> contributed patches that enable support for most features of Heimdal,
> but they are untested by upstream.
>
> We strongly recommend using MIT kerberos with SSSD at this time. If you
> choose to switch to Heimdal, you will be required to maintain it
> yourself.
What do you mean by "will be required to maintain it yourself"? Upstream doesn't
accept bug reports for the use of sssd against Heimdal?

(Note that this bug report is just about allowing both GSSAPI PAM
modules, not about the use of a specific KDC or userland)

Cheers,

Jelmer